Garment-trimming.



No. 656,559.- Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

n. a. MARS-H.

GARMENT TRIMMING.

(Appliation filed Jan. 30, 1900.)

(Na Model.)

W/TNESSES //v v/v r09 A TTOHNEXS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD G. MARSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,559, dated August21, 1900.

Application filed January 30,1900. Serial No. 3,357. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD G. MARSH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fabric,ofwhich the followingis afull, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to a fabric as a new and improved article ofmanufacture; and the object is to provide a fabric with a plait or anumber of plaits, the said plait or plaits being scalloped along thefree edge instead of having the usual straight edge, the scallops beingoutlined by stitching, which serves to hold the plait in position.

I will describe a fabric embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisspecification, in which similar characters of reference.indicatecorresponding parts mall the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of a piece of fabric embodying my invention andillustrating certain steps or operations in its production. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing a strip of the fabric as completed, and Fig. 3 isasection on the line 3. 3 of Fig. 2.

In the manufacture of the article the fabric 1 is turned upon itself, asindicated at 2 in Fig. 1, and then the material isstitched through by ascalloped or Wave-like line of stitching 3. stitching asin the form ofherring-bone stitching; but it is to be understood that I do not I havehere shown the line of confine my invention thereto. After stitching theplait the portions 4 are to be cut out, and when the material is turnedto the position indicated in Fig. 2 the plait rests over the bodyportion of the fabric, and it will be seen that the stitching 3 holdsthe plait in position. Each scallop is open at its top or in the form ofa pocket, as indicated at 5 in Fig. 3. Obviously there may be anydesired number of plaits in a piece of material and any desiredornamental stitching may be placed between the plaits. In ordinaryplaits having a straight edge the stitching is to be placed on the lineindicated at a) in Fig. 2. This line 00, however, in Fig. 2 is designedin the present instance to indicate the folded edge of the material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture a fabric folded uponitself to form a plait, the folded parts being stitched together by awave-like line of stitching, the portion between the stitching and thefolded edge being removed forming a scalloped edge for the plaitoutlined by the stitching which serves to hold the plait in positionover the body portion of the fabric, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RICHARD G. MARSH.

Witnesses:

J NO. M. BITTER, C. R. FERGUSON.

